▲ 843 ▼ I hate how true this is. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 41 points 2 years ago (3 children) Lucky you? https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/bank-of-america-nearly-half-of-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] gon@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Yeah! Sucks for the Americans, though. permalink fedilink source parent [+] dwemthy@lemdro.id -16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nearly half means not half, so that's better than 50/50 odds to not be living paycheck to paycheck. That's not really that lucky, statistically speaking permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago And there's a big difference between not living paycheck to paycheck, and being able to save $1k/mo permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 2 years ago How does that not still make the statement in the meme true? Because I think it still does. If you're not living paycheck-to-paycheck it doesn't mean you are able to amass $5000 in savings, it means you're not at risk of going into debt (or at least more debt than you're probably in thanks to things like student loans). permalink fedilink source parent
[+] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gon@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Yeah! Sucks for the Americans, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dwemthy@lemdro.id -16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nearly half means not half, so that's better than 50/50 odds to not be living paycheck to paycheck. That's not really that lucky, statistically speaking permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago And there's a big difference between not living paycheck to paycheck, and being able to save $1k/mo permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 2 years ago How does that not still make the statement in the meme true? Because I think it still does. If you're not living paycheck-to-paycheck it doesn't mean you are able to amass $5000 in savings, it means you're not at risk of going into debt (or at least more debt than you're probably in thanks to things like student loans). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago And there's a big difference between not living paycheck to paycheck, and being able to save $1k/mo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 2 years ago How does that not still make the statement in the meme true? Because I think it still does. If you're not living paycheck-to-paycheck it doesn't mean you are able to amass $5000 in savings, it means you're not at risk of going into debt (or at least more debt than you're probably in thanks to things like student loans). permalink fedilink source parent
